Gustav Ernest Viktor Lundgren (born 18 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz guitarist.
Gustav Ernest Viktor Lundgren (born 18 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz guitarist.
Lundgren started playing the guitar at the age of thirteen and went to Södra Latin's music program during high school. He then studied music at Bollnäs folk high school and Fridhems folk high school in Svalöv. [1]
After finishing his studies, he joined the Hot Club de Suede and started a jazz club at Hannas Krog at Södermalm in Stockholm.
He participates in several music projects, including his own Gustav Lundgren Quartet, and plays a particular Spanish-inspired jazz. [2]
He runs his own record company, Lundgren Music.
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